Big Green

Probably falls under #6 Section 2 - Dead Ball ARTICLE 1. DEAD BALL DECLARED An official shall declare the ball dead and the down ended: when a runner is contacted by an opponent and touches the ground with any part of his body other than his hands or feet. The ball is dead the instant the runner touches the ground. A runner touching the ground with his hands or feet while in the grasp of an opponent may continue to advance; or Note: If, after contact by an opponent, any part of a runner’s leg above the ankle or any part of his arm above the wrist touches the ground, the runner is down. when a runner is held or otherwise restrained so that his forward progress ends; when a quarterback immediately drops to his knee, or simulates dropping to his knee, behind or beyond the line of scrimmage; Note: If a quarterback does not immediately drop to a knee, and contact from a rushing defender is unavoidable, it is not a foul unless the defender commits some other act that would constitute unnecessary roughness. when a runner declares himself down by: falling to the ground, or kneeling, and clearly making no immediate effort to advance. sliding or diving. When a runner slides or dives feet or head first or simulates sliding or diving, the ball is dead the instant he touches the ground with anything other than his hands or his feet, or begins to simulate touching the ground; Notes: Defenders are required to treat a sliding or diving runner as they would a runner who is down by contact. A defender must pull up when a runner begins a slide or dive. This does not mean that all contact by a defender is illegal. If a defender has already committed himself, and the contact is unavoidable, it is not a foul unless the defender makes forcible contact into the head or neck area of the runner with the helmet, shoulder, or forearm, or commits some other act that is unnecessary roughness. A runner who desires to take advantage of this protection is responsible for starting his slide or dive before contact by a defensive player is imminent; if he does not and waits until the last moment to begin his slide or dive, he puts himself in jeopardy of being contacted. when a runner is out of bounds. when an opponent takes a ball that is in the possession of a runner who is on the ground.

Yes. Viking would have had the ball at the 40 yard line and saved the Bears 40 Seconds. More than likely Bears get the ball back with 50 Seconds left around there own 15. Plenty of time to get into FG Range.

Please no.

They obviously talked before the last kick off to look to the sideline to see what to do. I thought it was dumb. The returner should have been told you need to returned the kickoff no matter what. It was a waste of time to look to the sideline to see what to do. I guessing the Chicago Kicker didn't have the leg to kick it out of the end zone, or he would have. Difference in the Game was the kickers. Their guy missed a FG and failed to kick the ball out the endzone. Our guy made the 58 yard FG. 6 Point swing in a 3 point game. (Obviously no one know how game plays out if they make and we miss) Guessing as soon as the ball is touch and the ball carriers knee is down the play in dead.

UNC vs USD should be a good game on Saturday. If UNC can ride the momentum of almost beating a FBS time, USD could very easily be 0-3 after this weekend.

It's kind of a chicken or egg thing. A full crown cheering as the team runs out helps with the entrance, but fans need to have a reason to be in their sit before kick off. If you look at all great entrances the crown is full and is yelling a screaming as the team enters. 1/2 the crown is still in the concourse or trying to get into the game when UND is running onto the field.

Anyone else notice the out of town scoreboard showed North Dakota vs Tennessee st and South Dakota vs Montana st, rather than NDSU and SDSU. I think they finally fixed it in the 2nd half. Need to do better.

6-6 Would be a disappointment. I'm not buying the tougher schedule agreement. We played 3 of the 4 semi Finalists last year and went 5-7. I believe the 2 SD Schools are not going to be as good as last year and we have NDSU at home. We will see just how hard the schedule was at the end of the year, but IMO is will not be as hard as last year when all is said and done. This team needs to finish with a winning record and at least 1 win in the playoffs.

This is the first thing that I think of when someone says our ST suck. I think it is fair to say the Kicking game has been below average, and the KO/Punt Return, Punt/FG Block has been above average. Way too many Missed FGs, Short Punts and Kicks out of bounds. This needs to improve.

Was there Fan's pushing for Kennesaw St to move FBS? I think the post was more about who fans think can make the move and be competitive.

While, has statement was regarding moving to FBS, Playoff rankings and seeding. The Average fan looks at who is competitive at FCS to make the move to FBS, not academics. Regarding Rankings fair or unfair past history is used to determine who are legit and who are frauds.

UND with 1 playoff win. I'm not a defender of USD, however they have went into both SDSU and NDSU and came away with wins. UND has never been competitive at NDSU in the D1 era. Like it or not playoff wins and beating the top teams mean a whole lot more than overall record. If UND can make a deep run in the playoffs and start winning at the SU's they will be in the conversation.

Winning on the Road vs the SU's and playoff wins.

Talk about an Apples and Bowling Ball Comparison.

I'll give him credit. That was a great story and he did well. Just can't listen/watch when he starts the JSwish stuff.